Thesaurus results for TALKED (TO)

talked (to)

verb

past tense of talk (to)

as in spoke (to or with)

to communicate with by means of spoken words I had never talked to a real live cowboy before

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In April 2022, Roberts used a racial slur at a state board meeting after the former Topeka NAACP president had addressed the Board on the topic of African-American history.

— Zuri Primos July 26, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
Caucus hearing on shooting The finding was announced a few hours after the Congressional Hispanic Caucus held a hearing on the shooting Friday in Houston and addressed the search warrant application for the van that Salgado Araujo was driving.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 25 July 2026

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Walking through the doors of Valkyrie Arms Training in Meridian, you are greeted by a large mural of 19th century women on the Western frontier, dressed in period gowns and gazing into the distance — and wielding firearms.

— Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 25 July 2026
The alleged joke bombed, greeted by the dinner attendees with silence.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 July 2026

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